Register Here to Attend the June 9th Free Panel Event in New York City:
ACEDS NY Metro Chapter Event- Information Governance
When: June 9, 2015, 6:00PM-8:00PMWhere: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 601 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10022
Information Governance: Defensible Disposition…How can e-discovery technology can be used to help corporations identify data that is outside the retention policy, and not subject to a litigation hold.
Issues that we intend to discuss will be as follows: Information Governance strategies; Risk assessment; Reducing risk of potential liability through defensible disposition; Releasing litigation holds when litigation ends; Reducing costs for e-discovery processing in future litigation; reducing storage costs of archived data; Corporations and their relationship with outside counsel; law firms and defensible disposition of their data, and their client’s data; data privacy protection; and documentation of the process.
Presenters:
Steven Berrent, C.E.O, eMag Solutions
In 2011, Mr. Berrent was selected by the ABA as Journal as a “Legal Rebel”, one of the legal industry’s top 10 innovators among professionals at the nation’s top 250 firms. Prior to his current role, Steven served as Managing Director of WilmerHale Discovery Solutions (WHDS), Wilmer Hale’s lauded internal eDiscovery solution. Mr. Berrent also previously served as Director of Litigation Services as Davis Polk, and was an associate at Weil Gotshal & Manges in New York and was a member of their eDiscovery task force. Steven was also Director of Information Technology for former Vice President Al Gore’s Presidential campaign.
Mr. Berrent is a frequent speaker, presenter and writer on various topics related to legal practice, eDiscovery and technology. Mr. Berrent received his J.D. from Cornell Law School in 2004 and a BA in Political Science from Emory University in 1997.
John Kapp, Manager, Shearman & Sterling
Based in New York, he oversees e-discovery services for the firm’s global litigation, antitrust, international arbitration and FCPA practices. Mr. Kapp, who has worked in litigation support since 1997, has been with Shearman & Sterling for the past ten years. Mr. Kapp has participated as a subject matter expert panelist at events throughout the United States and the E.U. Prior to joining the firm, he headed the litigation support departments at Willkie, Farr & Gallagher and Darby & Darby.
Dana Post, Esq., Special Counsel, E-Discovery and Data Management, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
As a member of the firm’s cybersecurity practice, she counsels clients on cybersecurity preparedness and data breach litigation strategy. She is also responsible for counseling global companies on privacy issues arising in cross-border litigations including under the data protection laws in Europe, Asia and Latin America, blocking statutes, and bank secrecy laws. Finally, Dana advises clients on their e-discovery obligations including the preservation, collection, processing, review, and production of electronic information. In addition to being a member of The Sedona Conference WG 6, she is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and Women in e-discovery organization. She is a frequent lecturer on e-discovery and the data protection laws including at Pace
Law School.
Brian Seward, Managing Director & Consultant, Knowledge Strategy Solutions. LLC
Brian has been a practicing attorney in Washington, D.C. and New York for 20 years, and has spent the past 10 years specializing in Information Governance. Prior to joining KSS, Brian led the Regulatory Retention and Supervision Product Management team at Bank of America responsible for development, management and support of Bank of America electronic archiving and discovery platforms for its broker dealers. Supporting the bank’s legal, compliance and compliance supervision functions, Brian possesses a deep understanding of the complex and constantly-changing regulatory obligations facing today’s companies and the information governance challenges those obligations present. Brian brings with him to KSS broad experience in e-discovery response and production for matters large and small, and couples that with unique experience with regulatory compliance technology and management for the financial services industry. Brian has a B.A. in Public Policy Studies from Duke University and J.D. from the University Of Virginia School Of Law.
Admission: Free - Please register at the link provided above
